Entries by Sara Memmott

The Mardigian Library will remain open 24 hours a day during final examinations this term. The library will be open from:

Noon Sunday April 22nd - 7:30pm Saturday April 28th

A current UMID will be required to enter the library between 10pm - 8am (10am on Saturday)

The 24 hour study is a trial for this term. We are conducting this trial in response to feedback obtained from the recently formed Student Library Advisory Committee and due to the results of a petition circulated by the Student Government earlier this year.

Extra security will be on hand during these extended hours.

Periodicals on the library’s second floor can now be checked out for 1 week instead of 3 days. The library is making this change because students and faculty are on campus fewer days per week than in past years and students often ask for a longer loan. Since many journals are available online, a longer loan for print copies will not adversely impact access to materials.

NOTE: Coffee and tea are now available again; the original short-lived beverage machine has been replaced. We apologize for any inconvenience this caused.

We're very happy to announce that the library now provides coffee and tea in the Faculty Lounge, 1208 Mardigian Library.

A self-serve beverage system lets you brew an individual cup of coffee or tea any time the library is open. Take a minute to warm up with a hot cup while you're in library, or give the coffee a try when you meet with your colleagues in the lounge.

This is a trial service offered for the Winter Term.

More information on the Faculty Lounge.

The IBISWorld business database now has two new sections:

• Company Research Reports on over 8000 leading publicly traded companies, including information on key personnel and financials
• Business Environment Database Reports provide information on key
  drivers and influencing factors that contribute to changes in industries.

IBISWorld also provides Industry Market Research Reports, covering a wide-ranging number of U.S. industries. Reports are updated every 4 months and include growth trends, the competitive environment, and key issues facing each industry.

Avoid unnecessary winter driving by taking advantage of online library services. Our web resources are available anytime, anywhere, including access to many online books and articles.

What’s new?

• Get cozy in a bean bag chair on the 2nd floor. Great for a group meeting or for a quick nap, the bean bags can be moved around to suit your needs.
• Central Search now allows you to target specific topics by automatically grouping search results into subject clusters. Central Search provides one stop searching for multiple databases. You can customize Central Search to search databases in particular subject areas or you can search databases individually.

Research basics…

• Need help citing sources or writing your bibliography? Link to helpful guides online
• Want to learn how to use library research databases? Check for the dates and times of upcoming research classes.
• To keep up with this and other library news, subscribe to the RSS feed in order to read it through your favorite feed reader, like Bloglines - see the links on the right hand side of this page.

Get help!

• Get help from a librarian in person between classes, and when you are not on campus contact a librarian:
  • by phone, 313-593-5563
  • via email
  • or via instant messaging

Prizes!

• Take a quick survey and enter our prize drawing.

Next R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, Discuss) Meeting

• Book: The Alchemist: A fable about following your dreams by Paulo Coelho
• Date: Wednesday, April 11
• Time: Noon to 1 pm
• Location: 1210 ML

Future Books:
September 2007 - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
November 2007 - The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle

The library will be hosting workshops sponsored by the University of Michigan Credit Union. Kathryn Greiner, in conjunction with the Credit Union, is returning to campus to offer these free workshops.

All workshops will be held in 1212 Mardigian Library.

Protecting Yourself against Identity Theft

• Wednesday February 14th: Noon-1:30pm
• Wednesday February 14th: 2-3:30pm
• Tuesday February 20th: 10-11:30am
• Wednesday April 4: Noon-1:30pm
• Wednesday April 4: 2-3:30pm

Understanding and improving your Credit Score

• Wednesday February 14th: 10-11:30am
• Tuesday February 20th: Noon-1:30pm
• Wednesday April 4: 10-11:30am

Registration begins Tuesday January 16th. Faculty and staff will receive an email with a link to the registration page.

Damage to the Faculty Lounge has been repaired and it is now open.

The Faculty Lounge is located in Room 1208, first floor, Mardigian Library. It is accessible via UMID card access during regular library hours.

Stay warm during the cold winter weather by using these convenient Mardigian Library services:

• Use the Mardigian library’s resources anytime in the comfort of your office or home: http://library.umd.umich.edu
• Check out a good book to cuddle up with from our Browsing collection, rotating Display Books, or from MeLCat
• Request campus delivery of books or AV items from our circulating collection


• When visiting the library, don’t forget to show your UMID at Club Cappuccino to get a 10% staff discount.

What’s new?

• Central Search – A new subject clustering feature provides organized search results. Try a general search at http://library.umd.umich.edu or select a subject from the Search by Topic box for more focused searches. Experienced searchers may prefer to search databases individually.

Stay informed!

• Read Library News to keep up with new library services and features, and/or subscribe to the RSS feed in order to read it through your favorite feed reader, like Bloglines - check out the links on the right hand side of this page.


• For no hassle, convenient access to a librarian, contact one:
  
  
  • by phone, 313-593-5563
  • via email
  • or via instant messaging

The Mardigian Library provides convenient services to keep you warm during the cold winter weather:

• Use the Mardigian library’s resources anywhere, anytime in the comfort of your office or home, or while traveling: http://library.umd.umich.edu
• Request campus delivery of books or AV items from our circulating collection or for articles from our print collection
• When visiting the library, don’t forget to show your UMID at Club Cappuccino to get a 10% faculty discount.

What’s new?

• Central Search now allows you to target specific topics by automatically grouping search results into subject clusters. Central Search, a simple research tool for undergraduate or beginning research, provides one stop searching for multiple databases. You can customize Central Search to search databases in particular subject areas. More experienced searchers may prefer the subject-specific approach, or may want to search databases individually.

E-Res Update

• After nearly a decade of service to the campus, ERes, the library's electronic reserves system, will be decommissioned on May 31, 2008. No new account requests will be accepted after December 31, 2006.
• We encourage faculty members currently using ERes to move their course materials to:
  • CTools
  • VLT
  • Blackboard (School of Management)


• Additional information about this change will be posted to Library News.

Stay informed!

• Read Library News http://library.umd.umich.edu/news/ to keep up with new library services and features, and/or subscribe to the RSS feed in order to read it through your favorite feed reader, like Bloglines.


• For convenient access to a librarian, talk to one:
  
  • by phone, 313-593-5563
  • via email
  • or via instant messaging

Next R.E.A.D. (Read, Eat, Discuss) Meeting

• Book: The Historian : a novel by Elizabeth Kostova
• Date: Tuesday, February 6
• Time: Noon to 1 pm
• Location: 1210 ML

CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is recruiting new faculty reviewers for a number of academic areas. CHOICE, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries, publishes nearly 7,000 reviews annually, usually providing academic librarians and faculty with the first professional, post-publication commentary on a scholarly work.

Nearly 3,000 faculty from across the U.S. and Canada currently review for CHOICE, providing a valuable service to the academic and scholarly community. Reviewers are not paid; however, they do keep the books they review.

Reviewers are needed in a number of areas:

• Product design
• Industrial design
• Wireless communication technologies
• Astronomy
• Photography
• Electromagnetics
• Superconductivity

For more information, visit the CHOICE reviewer web site:
http://www.choicemag.org/

Any bookmarks or links using the old mardigian.umd.umich.edu
URL should be updated to use library.umd.umich.edu. mardigian.umd.umich.edu will cease to function on February 25, 2007.

This should not affect most library bookmarks as mardigian.umd.umich.edu was only used for a portion of the library website.

A special note to faculty who may have old links to articles or journals on course web sites: article links created before August 2005 might include the mardigian URL. If you have links that begin with:

http://mardigian.umd.umich.edu/fwd.php?

you can replace that with:

http://library.umd.umich.edu/research/fwd.php?

the remainder of the URL should not change.

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Presently this file covers all issues from Dec. 1, 1852 through Dec. 31, 1985. When complete, the Chicago Tribune file will include full text of every issue from the first (April 23, 1849) through the December 31st issue of 21 years ago, in full page images digitized from microfilm.

The Historical Chicago Tribune is available to currently registered UM-Dearborn students, faculty, and staff, from both on-campus and off-campus locations. It can be searched individually or as part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection, which also includes The New York Times (1851-2003), The Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), The Washington Post (1877-1990), and The Los Angeles Times (1881-1985.)

Empire Online is a full-text database with original documents and images, as well as scholarly essays covering the British Empire from 1492 to 1969. The Empire included Africa, the Americas, Australasia, Oceania, and South Asia. It is divided into five section, Cultural Contacts, Empire Writing and Literature of Empire, Visible Empire, Religion and Empire, with Race, Class, Imperialism and Colonialism, 1607 to 1969, to be added this winter.

This database, a product of Adam Matthews Publishers, is aimed at courses in social sciences and humanities.

Empire Online is available to currently registered UM-Dearborn students, faculty, and staff, from both on-campus and off-campus locations.